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My Big Fat Fake Engagement by Lauren Landish
Rated: 4.24 of 5 stars · 36 ratingsBoss babe. Ice Queen. That’s what they call me at the office. But there’s one man who has secretly melted me for years. Kaede McWarren. The only problem? He’s my big brother’s best friend. But when he asks me to play his fiancée to seal a business deal? Oh, I’m taking this gift horse and riding it while I can...Categorized as:
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Zane's Rebel by Loni Nichole
Rated: 4.52 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsFor once in his life, this strait-laced attorney is ready to throw caution to the wind. Too bad his sassy, rebellious soulmate refuses to take the risk. Zane. I take on the sassy-mouthed heiress’s case because she needs a good defense. She’s being sued by her father’s former business partner, who wants to destroy her. The odds in this small-town are stacked against her...Categorized as:
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Hard as Stone: a BBW, MC Lite Romance by Megan Wade
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsHe's the Road Captain of a motorcycle club. She's the traffic controller who keeps making him take detours. Their love story was never going to be a straight road. POPPY. Growing up watching Hallmark movies, I thought moving to a small town would be my dream come true...Categorized as:
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Rumble by Jacob Chance
Rated: 4.63 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsTwo years. That’s the amount of time I’ve wasted lusting after Wyatt Douglas. He had me the moment he roared up on his bike and flashed his charismatic smile my way. I wanted to jump on, wrap my arms around him, and ride off into the sunset. Then my brother introduced him as his friend and crushed my short lived happily ever after... -
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Second Breath: A steamy, opposites attract romance by Danika Bloom
Rated: 4.56 of 5 stars · 9 ratingsDylan Rhodes. Up-and-coming lawyer. Media darling. And an unapologetic player who treats women like tea bags—gets them wet, then tosses them out. Everything about this man warns me not to trust him. Tells me to kick his breath-taking body to the curb. Get him out of my study. But I need the data for my college thesis. And he’s the perfect man to prove that the dating mind-tricks I’m testing, work...Categorized as:
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His Bride: The Complete Series by Nichole Rose
Rated: 4.43 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsSix gorgeous, bossy older men will change the lives of these feisty heroines forever in this series of sweet and spicy short romances. Meet the Titans of Tennessee – Men of industry (and music! ) who work hard, love harder…and go to ridiculous lengths to claim the sassy women meant for them...Categorized as:
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Submitting to Slade: Silver Spoon After Dark by Loni Nichole
Rated: 4.34 of 5 stars · 11 ratingsWhen the sun sets in Silver Spoon Falls, things heat up at The Sterling Rope. The best girls can find everything their hearts desire within, including some of the town's filthiest billionaires. There are no rules. Only submission. Welcome to Silver Spoon After Dark. Your patronage will be our dirty little secret. -
Hooked by Jacob Chance
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsAvoiding bad boy hockey player Marshall Winters has been one of my goals since he did me wrong four years ago. However, with both of us attending Boston University and his younger sister being my best friend, it’s damn near impossible. Then he saves me from a dangerous situation, whisking me away to his family’s cabin, changing everything... -
Shameful by Nana Malone, M. Malone
Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars · 11 ratingsI am the thing that goes bump in the night. I am a liar, a protector. .. a killer. .. I am Noah Blake. And now that she knows my secret, she hates me. The guilt and shame I carry around is bad enough. .. But seeing the distrust in her eyes, that will kill me before my enemies do…. Noah’s Cliffhanger Warning:. Ladies, I know you want to see the full package. But I have to tease you first... -
Avoiding Temptation (A Bro Code Standalone) by Rachel Van Dyken
I hit on her first. Realized she was my best friend Finn's little sister second. And got a bloody nose third — compliments of Finn after he watched me nearly score with the new underclassman. After all I did have a reputation on campus, word on the street was that a girl could orgasm within one minute just watching me eat Lucky Charms...Categorized as:
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Adam's Fugitive by Loni Ree
Rated: 4.31 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsMy curvy little fugitive will pay for her crimes. In my arms. Adam. Who knew a night out celebrating my law school graduation would change my life? One look a the gorgeous girl and I know things will never be the same. She steals my heart then disappears like a thief in the night. Seven years later, fate smiles on me and brings her back into my life...Categorized as:
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Shut Up and Kiss Me (Midnight Kisses) by Kat Baxter
Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsThis soccer star has one night to win it all…or risk losing everything. Ben Prescott. By most people’s standards, I’ve got it pretty good. I have a lucrative job playing my favorite game in the world: soccer. I get to live in my favorite city: Austin, Texas. I basically have it all. Except the woman I love. Why, you ask? Because she's my baby sister's best friend... -
On the Wild Side by Megan Wade
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsBeau Wild, the charming and carefree youngest brother of the Wild family, has always been more interested in chasing thrills and living in the moment than settling down. But when a chance encounter at the annual Peach Springs festival leads to a passionate night with the beautiful and mysterious Talullah Waverly, Beau's shocked to wake up and find himself alone. That hasn't happened before . . -
First Love Second Chance by Kira Blakely
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsMy heart says yes. My mind says no. I can't believe Jude just swaggered back into town like nothing happened…. It's been ten years since he took my virginity. Ten years since he ran away from town and never turned back. He’s a famous daredevil, and he's offering me the opportunity of a lifetime. Go on the road and write about his life. All of it... -
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More Than Cake: A Plus Size BBW Romance by Tani Hanes
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsMJ Jassemolada is a big girl, and has been a big girl her whole life. She’s been called all the hurtful names: Hefty heifer, dump truck, fat, porky pig, she’s heard them all. A bred and born LA girl, she feels like she’s surrounded by the thin and beautiful of the world, and having a widower father who tells her she’s beautiful every day just doesn’t help... -
Two for Roughing by Lasairiona E. McMaster
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsIt’s a simple rule: don’t bang your teammates’ siblings. Finn O’Brien didn’t just break the rule, he annihilated it. Falling in love with his best friend’s younger sister when they were teens was an accident. He fought it for years, hiding behind a list of one-night stands a mile long, anything to convince himself Molly Morrison wasn’t the woman for him...Categorized as:
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Going for Four by Erin Nicholas
Rated: 4.28 of 5 stars · 10 ratings"It's either true love. .. or the biggest mistake they've ever made. ". "Counting on Love, Book 4". Hot firefighter Cody Madsen has stayed away from Olivia Dixon for almost two years-technically. Even though he talks to her every day and sees her every weekend. But there's no kissing, touching, or telling her how he really feels. Because they're "just friends... -
His Silver Lining by Megan Wade
Rated: 4.18 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsWarning: Only read this book if you love down-on-their-luck but hopeful heroines, transient grouches just searching for a home, and a host of OTT antics between pre-destined soulmates. Dottie moved to Whisper Valley on a whim when she fell in love with the small town's picturesque scenery and friendly locals...Categorized as:
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Star-Crossed Letters by Sarah Deeham
One girl with a typewriter + one movie star = anonymous pen pals, a secret crush, and a steamy, slow-burn summer to risk it all. The bookshop barista…. When I sold a vintage typewriter, I never imagined its new owner would become my pen pal, best friend, and secret crush. We have two no photos and no real names... -
Romancing the Billionaire (Galentine's Getaway) by Fern Fraser
Rated: 4.24 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsSteamy sweet instalove age gap short romance between a secret billionaire philanthropist and a sassy, curvy girl. Safe, no OM/OW drama and a guaranteed Happily Ever After. ♥ A dare, a lie and a vacation fling that just might lead to a forever kind of love ♥. Emmy. I might be young and idealistic, but I set goals in life. One of which–being a successful romance author–I’m already living... -
A Blushing Bride for Christmas by Nichole Rose
Rated: 4.19 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsThe second generation is all grown up . . . even if their parents don't agree. Oliver Goodson. The day I met Lucy Davis, I knew she was mine. I would have married her right then and there. But my girl wanted to wait until we graduated. We're out of school now, and this curvy little angel is mine. So is the little life growing in her belly... -
Real Men Love Curves by Kat Baxter
Rated: 4.21 of 5 stars · 11 ratingsLuke. Even though Erin and I have been best friends for years, she has no idea how much I want her. No idea that her luscious curves drive me crazy, or that she stars in my every fantasy. No idea that I’m aching to get out of the friend zone. I’m smart enough to keep that shit under wraps. There’s only one secret I guard more closely: I may want Erin’s body, but I also want her heart and soul... -
Unashamed by M. Malone, Nana Malone
Rated: 4.22 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsThe final volume in the breathtaking SHAMELESS trilogy! He is the thing that goes bump in the night. He is a liar, a protector. .. a killer… He is Noah Blake. . .. And I love him. Everything I thought I knew about the night that changed our lives has been turned upside down. I have no idea who to trust, but the one thing I do know is that I am his. .. And I will do anything to protect him... -
Love So Perfect by Marquita Valentine
Rated: 4.19 of 5 stars · 11 ratingsLove So Perfect, Book 5 in Marquita’s contemporary romance series about the Lawson Brothers. Star quarterback Austin Lawson’s dating life is fair game to the myriad gossip bloggers. Thanks to his most recent screw up with a social media savvy super model, he’s forced to return home so that his PR team can do damage control...Categorized as:
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Give Me Another Chance by Katy Kaylee
I never forgot you, and the way you made me feel that first time. I never forgot you, even when you left me six years ago without saying goodbye. You were my brother’s best friend, and I was in love…. I never expected to see you again, but here we are…. I never thought our relationship had a second chance,. And here we are…...Categorized as:
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The Billionaire Dating Game by Aubrey Dark
What would you do to win? Okay, so look: I'm not into reality TV. I don't know who Piers Letocci is, or why every girl in America is head over heels for him. I only know that I have to interview Piers about his new show, The Billionaire Dating Game . Fifteen minutes of journalistic duty, and I'm out of there. Or so I thought. Piers isn't just some random celebrity... -
My Brother's Best Friend by Hazel Kelly
Rated: 4.22 of 5 stars · 9 ratingsMargot Roberts has loved Landon Bishop for as long as she can remember. Unfortunately, so has the rest of her family, which has made it impossible for her to break out of the friend zone. Until now. Margot. He wasn’t just the best man at my brother’s wedding. He was the best man, period. I knew it deep in my bones the first day I met him. Well, maybe not the first day... -
Pretend You're Mine by River Laurent
Rated: 4.22 of 5 stars · 9 ratingsI woke up with hangover and a cringy memory. My old schoolmate drove up to the city to invite me to his wedding. Poor guy is getting married to my ex. It’s a long story, but the guy tugged on my heartstrings, so I told him I’d go to his wedding back home, and bring along my fiancée. Problem No. 1: I don’t have a fiancée and I have NO intention of getting one for a VERY long time to come... -
Big Buns More Fun by Penn Rivers, P. Jameson
Big buns mean more fun. I know it’s true because I spent summers with my best friend and his sister as a teen. Kimmi and I shared enough laughs to make me realize, even then, that she was meant for me. But our family got in the way, and over the years I lost hope that I’d ever have a chance with my big booty cutie. Except now, her brother is married and finally minding his own business...Categorized as:
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Her Mountain Brothers by K.C. Crowne
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsLife on the mountains meant enduring subzero nights. But a steamy crush on my brother's best friend,. And his equally HOT brother. .. Kept me warm in ALL the right places. Someone close to me mysteriously disappeared. Now, I have to leave my stunt woman career,. And return to the ice-cold mountains of Colorado. I have no choice but to rehash the past,... -
His Curvy Woman by Elisa Leigh
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsHunter Stone had to leave town unexpectedly in the middle of his senior year of high school. He didn't get to say goodbye. Now that he's back he's only interested in one thing, making his best friend's little sister HIS. Whitley had compared all men to the boy she loved when she was just a girl. Now that she's older, no one but him will do, too bad she has no idea where he is... -
Kitchen Boss by Ashlee Price
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsMy best friend's brother took my innocence. .. and I have a secret that he doesn't know about yet. He's about to become my baby daddy. Can you blame me for sleeping with him? He went from being a nerd in high school to a wealthy chef with his own food empire. Check that. A total drool-worthy chef. He hired me as an intern, and it's not just a job. I've got perks. His bulging muscles...Categorized as:
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Royal Pickle by J.J. Knight
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsHe’s a prince who can’t keep his pants on. She writes dirty limericks in a Brooklyn deli. Their spontaneous royal wedding is a match made in mayhem. I have to find a wife. And not just any wife. A love match. My parents gave me ten years to find a princess on my own, and the deadline has arrived...Categorized as:
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The Problem with Perfect by Jillian Liota
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsBellamy Mitchell is a meticulous planner. When her old flame returns to Cedar Point engaged, blowing apart her vision for the future, she claims to have a serious boyfriend. The problem? The first single guy she can think of is her brother’s much older, closed-off best friend. Rusty Fuller likes to keep people at a distance... -
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The Sweetest Game by Cookie O'Gorman
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsHopelessly in love with my best friend's brother. That's what it will say on my tombstone. Here lies Junior "June" Dorsey. Tomboy. Car lover. Bookworm. She suffered from a severe case of unrequited love syndrome. It's not like I haven't tried liking other guys. I have. It's just none of them measure up to him. Baylor O'Brien. Beautiful. Cocky...Categorized as:
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A Mistletoe Affair by Farrah Rochon
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsThe Silk Sisters' longtime friends Janelle, Sandra and Vicki have turned their business savvy into a top-tier event agency. In the wealthy enclave of Wintersage, Massachusetts, there's an abundance of lavish parties, society drama and longing hearts to keep them busy. Floral designer Vicki Ahlfors is a shy, hopeless romantic...Categorized as:
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Tequila & Tailgates by Andrea Johnston
Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars · 7 ratingsFour years ago, I took the biggest risk of my life and it blew up in my face. I learned my lesson – love sucks. Now self-preservation and protecting my heart have become second nature. But Jameson Strauss. .. he's my weakness. Give me the occasional shot of tequila, a game of Truth or Dare, and I’ll do almost anything for that man. *. Four years ago, I didn’t follow my heart... -
Short-Term Shag by Kat Baxter
Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars · 7 ratingsThis single mom just might be royally screwed…. Jillian. I’m a single mom who works hard to provide for her kid. When my son is away for a week of camp and a friend offers me his condo with a view of the beach for the week, of course I take him up on it! I’m single, not stupid. It’s all fun and games until I get trapped in an elevator with my particular brand of catnip: the hot nerd…... -
Working on My Brother's Best Friend by Sharon Cummin
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsIt had been five years since my twin brother Gabe had moved to California when I got the call that changed my life forever. He was my family, the only one I had, and he was gone. I sat in the cold, dark funeral home while people moved around me. I could hear them talking, but all I could do was think. So many questions ran through my mind as I looked down at my hands in my lap...Categorized as:
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Deck The Halls by Cynthia Eden
Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars · 5 ratingsChristie Tate is so over being good. This year, she’ll be topping the naughty list, thank you very much. And step one in her grand scheme? It’s seducing the man she’s always wanted…sexy police detective Jonas Kirk. For years, she’s wanted Jonas, but he’s her brother’s best friend, and she thought he was off-limits. This year, nothing is off-limits... -
The Trouble with Christmas by Loren Sorensen
Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars · 5 ratingsWhat happens when a Christmas tree plays matchmaker between a younger brother and his sister’s best friend? Rayanne Miller has a it's almost Christmas, and she doesn't have a Christmas tree set up in her beautiful new apartment. Unable to find help beyond her best friend’s younger brother, Rayanne is worried about spending time with the boy she grew up with and the man he’s become... -
Rafferty's Rules by Donna Alam
The relationship may be fake but the o's are real . . . My brothers say if there’s trouble, I’ll find it,. If there are shenanigans afoot, I’m usually the root cause. But this time I’ve excelled myself. Because this time I’ve found trouble in a brothel. And brought her home. I know what you’re thinking;...Categorized as:
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The Dysfunctional Test by Kelly Moran
Rated: 4.06 of 5 stars · 20 ratings"You are cordially challenged to a test of true love. ". Growing up in her large, crazy Serbian family, Camryn Covic became an expert at shutting down her emotions in order to maintain her sanity. But when she loses her apartment, her job and her boyfriend all in one day, she hits her breaking point... -
Garrett's Obsession by Loni Nichole
Rated: 4.11 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsWhen it comes to love, this football coach is done playing by the rules. Garrett Marsh. As the high school football coach, I'm supposed to play by the rules. Except the rules are standing in the way of the one thing I want…Ciara Sharp. She dropped everything to provide for her brother when their parents died. Now, she's untouchable, or so says the school board. But I'm done listening to reason...Categorized as:
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Irresistibly Undeniable by Zoey Derrick
Rated: 4.14 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsFrom Best Selling Author, Zoey Derrick, comes a brand new standalone novel about getting a second chance. "Irresistibly Undeniable is truly undeniably irresistible. " USA Today Bestselling Author, Emily Minton. She was his best friend’s chubby sister. He was the star football player. It never made sense that he would want her, but he did...Categorized as:
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Kiss Me by Kat Baxter
Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars · 5 ratingsOne night just won’t be enough. Colton. I didn’t go to my nemesis’ booksigning expecting to hookup with his sister. Yet, that’s exactly what happened. Hannah is tall and gorgeous with a voluptuous curvy body I want to devour. I want more than one night, but it turns out, all she wanted was a fling…. Hannah. What happens in New York, stays in New York, right? It was just supposed to a fling... -
Don't Be My Valentine by Aubrey Wright
Rated: 4.11 of 5 stars · 11 ratingsOne night. One jaw-dropping secret. "Don't sleep with my brother. ". This was my best friend's one and only request when we were 18. Damnit, I tried. But we were drawn together like magnets. We had one incredible night before he left to serve our country. Then he was gone. A military man on a mission. My heart shattered... -
Love, Lilly by Belinda Mary
Rated: 4.09 of 5 stars · 11 ratingsHe’s her best friend’s brother and completely out of her league…. Twenty-three-year-old Lilly is the quirky girl, the one with the c-c-curly hair. She’s always late, is rarely neat and does not have her life together. She will never be that girl, the one who gets the perfect guy. But hopefully, this is about to change. It is a new year and Lilly has made some resolutions to get her act together... -
Bottoms Up by Holly Renee
From the moment I met him, I knew he was trouble. He was reckless, cocky, and everything I shouldn't want. I had life all figured out, and Tucker Moore was not a part of the plan. But somehow I slipped. One moment I had it all under control. The next I was spiraling around him, begging him for whatever he would give me. But as quickly as I fell for him, it all crumbled around us... -
My Best Friend's Brother by Alexis Winter
It's no secret I’ve always had a crush on Damon Strickland. My best friend’s older brother and the center of every single one of my fantasies. He’s a walking, talking temptation. That cocky grin and those broad, athletic shoulders. You know what they say about a man with big hands right? Growing up, we always tormented one another. I was the nagging, annoying little girl he hated...Categorized as:
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